{"id":3240,"date":"2011-08-10T14:41:45","date_gmt":"2011-08-10T18:41:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/spanish\/?p=3240"},"modified":"2011-08-10T14:41:45","modified_gmt":"2011-08-10T18:41:45","slug":"spanish-lesson-intermediate-20-spanish-verb-tense-%e2%80%9cel-preterito-imperfecto-de-subjuntivo%e2%80%9d","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/spanish\/spanish-lesson-intermediate-20-spanish-verb-tense-%e2%80%9cel-preterito-imperfecto-de-subjuntivo%e2%80%9d\/","title":{"rendered":"Spanish Lesson Intermediate 20 Spanish verb tense \u201cEl Pret\u00e9rito Imperfecto de Subjuntivo\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Spanish Lesson Intermediate 20 Spanish verb tense &quot;El Pret\u00e9rito Imperfecto de Subjuntivo&quot;\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/MjK8aHNs4BU?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>\u00a1Hola a todos!<\/p>\n<p>Today we are going to see a new Spanish verb tense:\u201cEl Pret\u00e9rito Imperfecto de Subjuntivo\u201d. We will start by analysing its form and then afterwards we will see in which situations the \u201cPret\u00e9rito Imperfecto de Subjuntivo\u201d is used.<\/p>\n<p><strong>-AR verbs:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u2022 (Yo) hablara\/hablase: I spoke<br \/>\n\u2022 (T\u00fa) hablaras\/hablases: You spoke (friendly)<br \/>\n\u2022 (Usted) hablara\/hablase: You spoke (formal)<br \/>\n\u2022 (\u00c9l\/ella) hablara\/hablase: He\/She spoke<br \/>\n\u2022 (Nosotros\/as) habl\u00e1ramos\/habl\u00e1semos: We spoke<br \/>\n\u2022 (Vosotros\/as) hablarais\/hablaseis: You spoke (group\/friendly)<br \/>\n\u2022 (Ustedes) hablaran\/hablasen: You spoke (group\/formal)<br \/>\n\u2022 (Ellos\/as) hablaran\/hablasen: They spoke<\/p>\n<p><strong>-ER\/-IR verbs:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u2022 (Yo) comiera\/comiese: I ate<br \/>\n\u2022 (T\u00fa) comieras\/comieses: You ate (friendly)<br \/>\n\u2022 (Usted) comiera\/comiese: You ate (formal)<br \/>\n\u2022 (\u00c9l\/ella) comiera\/comiese: He\/She ate<br \/>\n\u2022 (Nosotros\/as) comi\u00e9ramos\/comi\u00e9semos: We ate<br \/>\n\u2022 (Vosotros\/as) comierais\/comieseis: You ate (group\/friendly)<br \/>\n\u2022 (Ustedes) comieran\/comiesen: You ate (group\/formal)<br \/>\n\u2022 (Ellos\/as) comieran\/comiesen: They ate<\/p>\n<p>Now, let\u00b4s see the irregular Spanish verbs. I will tell you the first person of each verb and this will show you the verb\u2019s irregular form. To make the verb endings for the other persons you just have to follow the endings of the regular verbs.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Irregular Verbs (1st person):<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Poner (to put): pusiera\/pusiese<br \/>\n\u2022 Dormir (to sleep): durmiera\/durmiese<br \/>\n\u2022 Conducir (to drive): condujera\/condujese<br \/>\n\u2022 Preferir (to prefer): prefiriera\/prefiriese<br \/>\n\u2022 Pedir (to ask for): pidiera\/pidiese<br \/>\n\u2022 Morir (to die): muriera\/muriese<br \/>\n\u2022 Querer (to want): quisiera\/quisiese<br \/>\n\u2022 Hacer (to do): hiciera\/hiciese<br \/>\n\u2022 Saber (to know): supiera\/supiese<br \/>\n\u2022 Tener (to have): tuviera\/tuviese<br \/>\n\u2022 Oir (to hear): oyera\/oyese<br \/>\n\u2022 Huir (to escape): escapara\/escapase<br \/>\n\u2022 Construir (to build): construyera\/construyese<br \/>\n\u2022 Caber (to fit): cupiera\/cupiese<br \/>\n\u2022 Ser\/Ir (to be\/to go): fuera\/fuese<br \/>\n\u2022 Estar (to be): estuviera\/estuviese<\/p>\n<p>Let\u00b4s see now the different uses of the Spanish \u201cPret\u00e9rito Imperfecto de Subjuntivo\u201d. You use the \u201cPret\u00e9rito Imperfecto de Subjuntivo\u201d in the same way as the \u201cPresente de subjuntivo\u201d except that you use the \u201cPret\u00e9rito imperfecto de subjuntivo\u201d when the action is in the past rather than in the present.<\/p>\n<p>Let\u00b4s see some examples comparing the two tenses:<\/p>\n<p><strong>Probability:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Quiz\u00e1s venga ma\u00f1ana: Maybe he will come tomorrow<br \/>\n\u2022 Quiz\u00e1s viniera\/viniese ayer: Maybe he came yesterday<\/p>\n<p><strong>Opinion:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u2022 No pienso que Antonio sea tan alto: I don\u00b4t think that Antonio is so tall<br \/>\n\u2022 No pensaba que Antonio fuera\/fuese tan alto: I didn\u00b4t think that Antonio was so tall<\/p>\n<p><strong>Relative clauses:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Quiero comprar una casa que tenga una piscina: I want to buy a house that has a swimming pool<br \/>\n\u2022 Quer\u00eda comprar una casa que tuviera\/tuviese una piscina: I wanted to buy a house that had a swimming pool<\/p>\n<p><strong>Temporary sentences:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Me ha dicho que me llamar\u00e1 cuando llegue a Roma: He has told me that he will call me when he arrives in Rome<br \/>\n\u2022 Me dijo que me llamar\u00eda cuando llegara\/llegase a Roma: He told me that he would call me when he arrived in Rome<\/p>\n<p>Bueno, pues esto es todo por hoy. This is a very important lesson to try to digest as it highlights two key Spanish grammar tenses and as ever I suggest that you get practicing everything we have learned as soon as possible and as often as possible. Try making some sentences using both \u201cPresente de Subjuntivo\u201d and \u201cPret\u00e9rito Imperfecto de Subjuntivo\u201d so that you can compare the two. As you write more and more sentences you will start to get a better feel for how and when to use the two tenses.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a1Que pas\u00e9is una buena semana y hasta pronto!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a1Hola a todos! Today we are going to see a new Spanish verb tense:\u201cEl Pret\u00e9rito Imperfecto de Subjuntivo\u201d. We will start by analysing its form and then afterwards we will see in which situations the \u201cPret\u00e9rito Imperfecto de Subjuntivo\u201d is used. -AR verbs: \u2022 (Yo) hablara\/hablase: I spoke \u2022 (T\u00fa) hablaras\/hablases: You spoke (friendly) \u2022&hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"post-item__readmore\"><a class=\"btn btn--md\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/spanish\/spanish-lesson-intermediate-20-spanish-verb-tense-%e2%80%9cel-preterito-imperfecto-de-subjuntivo%e2%80%9d\/\">Continue Reading<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"author":53,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"content-type":""},"categories":[6,13,2617],"tags":[148,177,166],"class_list":["post-3240","post","type-post","status-publish","hentry","category-grammar","category-vocabulary","category-videos","tag-subjunctive","tag-tenses","tag-verbs"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/spanish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3240","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/spanish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/spanish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/spanish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/53"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/spanish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3240"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/spanish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3240\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3245,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/spanish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3240\/revisions\/3245"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/spanish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3240"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/spanish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3240"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/spanish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3240"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}